#FFEB9D#FFEB9D

#FFEB9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.831; OKLCH L 93.9% C 0.100 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FFEB9D
RGB	rgb(255, 235, 157)
HSL	hsl(48, 100%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(48, 38%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 38.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(93.06, -3.92, 40.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(93.06, 40.51, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(93.89% -0.0095 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(93.89% 0.1 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(77.0357, 83.1135, 43.8763)
Luminance	0.8311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FFEB9D #9DB1FF

analogous

#FFBA9D #FFEB9D #E2FF9D

triadic

#FFEB9D #9DFFEB #EB9DFF

tetradic

#FFEB9D #9DFFBA #9DB1FF #FF9DE2

square

#FFEB9D #9DFFBA #9DB1FF #FF9DE2

split-complementary

#FFEB9D #9DE2FF #BA9DFF

monochromatic

#FFD223 #FFDF60 #FFEB9D #FFF7DA #FFF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.19

#FFEB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.62

#FFEB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FFEB9D

17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FFEB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FFEB9D	1.00	1.19	17.62	17.62
#FFFFFF	1.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EBEBEB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ffeb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 235, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.9% 0.100 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fff1bb',
    500: '#ffeb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ffeb9d;
$custom-light: #fff1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ffeb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93888,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.83111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FFEB9D

secondary

#5E79E3

accent

#2FE600

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#181612

muted

#868582

Preview Lab

Preview with #FFEB9D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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